[SOLVED] mktime + php5

[noobified]

has anything changed with mktime in php5. as i seem to be getting some errors now.Unfortunately ive always sucked at unix + time lol

 

i have read the manual on it but i just cant understand it

 

ive posted the whole code but the problem lies on line 1294

 

Warning: mktime() expects parameter 6 to be long, string given in index.php on line 1294

 

and here is line 1294

 

$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date_array["1"], $date_array["2"], $date_array["0"]); 

 

 

The complete is attached in case it is needed.

 

Is anyone able to point me in the right direction.

 

 

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[JasonLewis]

Ensure that $date_array has 3 elements, place this

print_r($timestamp);

above that mktime() call.

[bretticus]

<?php
$ratingtime = strftime("%F",mktime($ratingtime[4],$ratingtime[5],$ratingtime[6],$ratingtime[2],$ratingtime[3],$ratingtime[1]));
$date_array = explode("-", $ratingtime);
?>

 

Before you were getting a date that is converted to yyyy-mm-dd format via your strftime call. Thus, that 4 digit number for the year could be parsed as a long integer by the system. Now, it's returning a string which means the strftime didn't work (albeit it returns current time on failure) or somehow your associative key "0" is not grabbing the value for the element of numeric index 0. Do not use string associate keys for numerically indexed arrays. For example, your mktime should be:

<?php
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date_array[1], $date_array[2], $date_array[0]);
?>

 

This would make sense because the associate key for "0" in the $date_array array does not exist and you'd get null or empty string. However, it *seems* that php used to translate an associate key to a numeric index. I haven't tested this, but if the code above still doesn't fix the problem, print out what $date_array actually contains as ProjectFear suggests:

 

<?php
$ratingtime = strftime("%F",mktime($ratingtime[4],$ratingtime[5],$ratingtime[6],$ratingtime[2],$ratingtime[3],$ratingtime[1]));
$date_array = explode("-", $ratingtime);
// print $date_array contents.
print_r($date_array);
?>

[noobified]

i ran print_r, as removing the quotes didnt help and it outputted the following

 

Array ( [0] => ) 

[bretticus]

You did a print_r on what variable again?

 

If you did a print_r($date_array) read on. Otherwise, do it and post results back here.

 

<?php
$ratingtime = strftime("%F",mktime($ratingtime[4],$ratingtime[5],$ratingtime[6],$ratingtime[2],$ratingtime[3],$ratingtime[1]));
$date_array = explode("-", $ratingtime);
?>

 

In that case,  $ratingtime must be empty. print_r($ratingtime) or var_export($ratingtime)

[nullified]

i knew i had an account here

 

after exporting $ratingtime it returned false.

 

the problem seems to lie here;

 

$ratingtime = strftime("%F",mktime($ratingtime[4],$ratingtime[5],$ratingtime[6],$ratingtime[2],$ratingtime[3],$ratingtime[1]));

 

using var_export($ratingtime); before the above code outputs

 

array ( 0 => '2008-08-01 08:27:03', 1 => '2008', 2 => '08', 3 => '01', 4 => '08', 5 => '27', 6 => '03', )

 

and after it outputs

 

false

 

this is the full debug i used

 

var_export($ratingtime);
$ratingtime = strftime("%F",mktime($ratingtime[4],$ratingtime[5],$ratingtime[6],$ratingtime[2],$ratingtime[3],$ratingtime[1]));
$date_array = explode("-", $ratingtime);
    var_export($ratingtime);

 

[bretticus]

You already have date information in $ratingtime. Resetting $ratingtime to a string and then building a new date array are unnecessary steps.

 

<?php
/*$ratingtime = strftime("%F",mktime($ratingtime[4],$ratingtime[5],$ratingtime[6],$ratingtime[2],$ratingtime[3],$ratingtime[1]));
$date_array = explode("-", $ratingtime); 	
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $date_array["1"], $date_array["2"], $date_array["0"]);*/ 
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $ratingtime[3], $ratingtime[2], $ratingtime[1]);
?>

[nullified]

sorry went away for the weekend, worked perdectly thanks.